# Vicky Horner

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{{short description|British swimmer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}}
{{Infobox swimmer
| name           = Vicky Horner
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| fullname       = Victoria Elizabeth Horner
| nicknames      = "Vicky"
| national_team  = {{GBR2}}
| strokes        = [Freestyle](/source/Freestyle_swimming)
| club           = Derwentside ASC
| coach          =
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1976|5|11|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [Newcastle upon Tyne, England](/source/Newcastle_upon_Tyne)
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| height         = {{convert|1.70|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight         = {{convert|67|kg|lb st|abbr=on}}
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Women's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry | Great Britain}}
{{MedalCompetition | [European Championships (SC)](/source/List_of_European_Short_Course_Swimming_Championships_medalists_(women))}}
{{MedalSilver | [1998 Sheffield](/source/1998_European_Short_Course_Swimming_Championships) | 400 m freestyle}}
{{MedalCompetition | [European Championships (LC)](/source/LEN_European_Aquatics_Championships)}}
{{MedalBronze | [1995 Vienna](/source/1995_European_Aquatics_Championships) | 4×200 m freestyle}}
{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}	
{{MedalCompetition|[Commonwealth Games](/source/Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{MedalSilver| [1998 Kuala Lumpur](/source/1998_Commonwealth_Games) | [400m freestyle](/source/Swimming_at_the_1998_Commonwealth_Games)}}
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'''Victoria Elizabeth Horner''' (born 11 May 1976) is a female English former competitive [swimmer](/source/swimming_(sport)).

==Swimming career==
She represented Great Britain in the Olympic Games and European championships.  She won a bronze medal in the 4×200-metre [freestyle](/source/Freestyle_swimming) relay at the [1995 European Aquatics Championships](/source/1995_European_Aquatics_Championships).  Her team finished 10th in the same event at the [1996 Summer Olympics](/source/1996_Summer_Olympics).<ref name="r2"/>  She also won a silver medal in the 400-metre freestyle at the [European Short Course Swimming Championships 1998](/source/European_Short_Course_Swimming_Championships_1998).<ref name="r1"/> She represented [England](/source/England_at_the_1994_Commonwealth_Games) at the [1994 Commonwealth Games](/source/1994_Commonwealth_Games) in [Victoria](/source/Victoria%2C_British_Columbia), [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia), Canada<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/victoria-1994/athletes|title=Athletes: Victoria 1994 Team |website=Team England |access-date=19 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3043/19/all|title=Athletes & Results: England Victoria 1994 |website=Commonwealth Games Federation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404120935/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3043/19/all |archive-date=4 April 2019 |access-date=19 November 2024}}</ref> and won a silver medal at the [1998 Commonwealth Games](/source/1998_Commonwealth_Games) in [Kuala Lumpur](/source/Kuala_Lumpur), Malaysia, in the 400-metre freestyle.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/54384|title=Athletes & Results: Victoria Horner|website=Commonwealth Games Federation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024175451/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/54384 |archive-date=24 October 2019 |access-date=19 November 2024}}</ref>

She is a three-times winner of the [British Championship](/source/British_swimming_champions_%E2%80%93_400_metres_freestyle_winners) in 400-metre freestyle (1997, 1998 and 2000).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0500146379/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=1c69e1a7 |title=For the Record |newspaper=The Times |date=21 July 1997 |page=40 |via=Gale Primary Sources |access-date=19 November 2024 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0501262636/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=79de097c |title=For the Record |newspaper=The Times |date=13 July 1998 |page=39 |via=Gale Primary Sources |access-date=19 November 2024 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0502647877/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=088aa896 |title=For the record |newspaper=The Times |date=27 July 2000 |page=33 |via=Gale Primary Sources |access-date=19 November 2024 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref>

==Personal life==
Her husband, [Rob Hayles](/source/Rob_Hayles), is a retired Olympic sprint cyclist.<ref name="r2"/>  They have a daughter, born 23 January 2006.<ref>{{cite web |first=Tim |last=Maloney |date=29 January 2006 |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/hayles-is-a-dad |title=Hayles is a dad |website=Cycling News |access-date=19 November 2024}}</ref>

==References==
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<ref name="r1">{{cite web |url=http://www.les-sports.info/natation-horner-vicky-resultats-identite-s10-c2-b4-o11-w167107.html |title=Natation – Vicky Horner |website=LesSports.info |access-date=19 November 2024}}</ref>
<ref name="r2">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/vicky-horner-1.html |title=Vicky Horner |website=sports-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=19 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041128/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/vicky-horner-1.html |archive-date=18 April 2020 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
}}

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Category:1976 births
Category:Living people
Category:Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic swimmers for Great Britain
Category:English female freestyle swimmers
Category:British female freestyle swimmers
Category:European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Category:Swimmers at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
Category:Swimmers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in swimming
Category:Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Category:Sportspeople from Newcastle upon Tyne
Category:20th-century English sportswomen

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